RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - A drug commonly used in the treatment of AIDS and manufactured on a large scale in Brazil has a promising effect in the fight against Covid-19 - higher even than Chloroquine, promoted by Presidents Donald Trump and Jair Bolsonaro and now in trials in several countries. This is shown by a study conducted for the Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz), Brazil's renowned public health institution.
The in vitro study found that the drug Atazanavir is effective in inhibiting the replication of the novel coronavirus, in addition to reducing the production of proteins that are linked . . .
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